Functions and CALL Routines under UNIX

PEEKLONG Function: UNIX

Stores the contents of a memory address in a numeric variable on 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.

Category:	Special
UNIX specifics:	All
See:	PEEKLONG Function in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Syntax
Details

Syntax

PEEKCLONG(address,length);

PEEKLONG(address,length);

address: specifies the character string that is the memory address.
length: specifies the data length.

Details

CAUTION:: Use the PEEKLONG functions only to access information returned by one of the MODULE functions.

The PEEKLONG function returns a value of length length that contains the data that starts at memory address address.

Here are the variations of the PEEKLONG functions:

PEEKCLONG	accesses character strings.
PEEKLONG	accesses numeric values.

Usually, when you need to use one of the PEEKLONG functions, you will use PEEKCLONG to access a character string. The PEEKLONG function is mentioned for completeness.

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